Ideas are cheap and abundant; what is of value is the effective placement of those ideas into situations that develop into action.

Businesses once grew by one of two ways; grass roots up, or by acquisition... Today businesses grow through alliances - all kinds of dangerous alliances. Joint ventures and customer partnerings which, by the way, very few people understand.

To make knowledge productive, we will have to learn to see both forest and tree. We will have to learn to connect.

Don't solve problems. Pursue opportunities.

Most organizations staff their problems & starve their opportunities.

I would hope that American managers-indeed, managers worldwide-continue to appreciate what I have been saying almost from day one: that management is so much more than exercising rank and privilege, that it is much more than "making deals." Management affects people and their lives.

The new always looks so puny-so unpromising-next to the reality of the massive, ongoing business.